Pianist Miryana Moteva enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician and educator. Based in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, she has recently appeared with Linden Hills Chamber Orchestra performing Piano Concerto No. 1 by Sergei Prokofiev and in recitals at University of Wisconsin, Hamline University, MacPhail Center for Music, the Basilica of Saint Mary, the Fitzgerald Theater, and the Cowles Center for Performing Arts in collaboration with Curio Dance. She performs regularly on Schubert Club’s Courtroom Concerts, MacPhail Center for Music’s Spotlight Series, and University of Minnesota’s Balkanicus New Music Series. She collaborates regularly with members of the Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Her performances have been featured on Classical MPR and NPR’s ‘From the Top.’ 

Ms. Moteva has appeared at festivals such as ‘March Music Days,’ and ‘Music and Earth’ international festivals in Bulgaria, and ‘San Daniele International Piano Meeting’ in Italy. Currently, she is on the faculty of MacPhail Center for Music as a piano teaching artist and a staff pianist. 

This season, Miryana Moteva’s performances include Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 with Yuri Ivan and the Linden Hills Chamber Orchestra, as well as chamber recitals with the Isles Ensemble and 10th Wave Music Collective in Minnesota, and with violinist David Brubaker at the Raritan Valley Community College’s Mozaika Series in New Jersey. An ardent supporter of new classical music, Miryana has been an active commissioner of new works. Her most recent commission was Catalonian composer Marc Migó’s Sonata for Violin and Piano ‘Death and Spring.’ 

Ms. Moteva holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance, and a Doctorate in Collaborative Piano from the University of Minnesota. A native of Bulgaria, she is a graduate of the National School of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her principal teachers include Emma Tahmizian, Lydia Artymiw, and Timothy Lovelace.